Christen E. Civiletto
GUEST SPEAKER
Christen E. Civiletto is an environmental lawyer, author, law school adjunct at SUNY Buffalo Law, and a former Niagara Falls resident. She earned her law degree from Vanderbilt Law School and has spearheaded litigation on behalf of hundreds of sick Niagara County residents in high-profile toxic tort cases against municipalities and major chemical polluters.
Civiletto is also the co-host of the BOOKSTORM podcast, on which she has interviewed hundreds of authors.
Her forthcoming release, Thundering Waters: The Toxic Legacy of Niagara Falls (Princeton University Press/Island Press Imprint, 2026), exposes the astonishing story of exploitation and ongoing abuse lurking in the shadows of one of the world’s most treasured natural wonders.
